In the Tiexi District of Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, there is a row of houses with slanted roofs, which are very eye-catching, and the sign above shows its current name: 1905 Cultural and Creative Park. Inside, there are avant-garde plays, fashionable performances, and splendid space arrangements. However, everyone in old Shenyang knows that this place was originally an old factory, which has nothing to do with what it looks like today.
The person who brought all this change was named Billie Xu. Originally from Wenzhou, she was born and raised in Belgium, and she is completely different from the city of Shenyang. However, when she came here, she felt that everything seemed to be predestined.
Xu Billy said that Wenzhou people have a passion for entrepreneurship in their bones, and the fireworks and human touch of Shenyang city have attracted her in particular, so when the challenge came, she accepted it without hesitation. However, the road to entrepreneurship is not a smooth road, 1905 Cultural and Creative Park opened in 2013, when Shenyang has not yet formed a consumption habit of paying for cultural creativity, Xu Billie's entrepreneurial road has been poured a lot of cold water.
Today's 1905 is far from the words "old" and "heavy", where there are letterpress printing shops that adhere to the original intention and are full of craftsmanship, and unique handmade custom silver jewelry stores, as well as many avant-garde theatrical performances, and rare exhibitions of all kinds...
In a city with a rich history like Shenyang, it is not easy to spread light creative vines and blossom with cultural flowers, and it is not easy for Xu Billy to explore this road. Years of creating 1905 gave her a better understanding of cultural creation.
Now, art exhibitions and trades have become an important part of Billy Xu's work. The positioning and goals of the 1905 Cultural and Creative Park have become clearer and clearer, and cultural creativity has always been Xu Billy's insistence that she has never given up.